In our ever increasing embrace embrace of environmental stewardship PRP would encourage our neighbors to embrace practices that allow us to look guilt free into the eyes of our grandchildren. When working in your yard this year consider doing the following.

Do not use Roundup or related herbicides with glyphosate as an active ingredient. Despite claims to the contrary this product is acutely toxic to humans, earthworms, and beneficial insects, it reduces nitrogen fixation, and has been found to be persistent: 140 days were required for half of the applied glyphosate to break down or disappear from agricultural soils.

Consult with an experienced and knowledgeable (!) landscape professional and HAVE FUN out there this Spring!